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POWER UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measure of electric power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("power unit" is a kind of...):
electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "power unit"):
abwatt (a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt))
milliwatt (a unit of power equal to one thousandth of a watt)
W; watt (a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm)
kilowatt; kW (a unit of power equal to 1000 watts)
megawatt (a unit of power equal to one million watts)
H.P.; horsepower; HP (a unit of power equal to 746 watts)
var; volt-ampere (a unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere)
kilovolt-ampere (a unit of electrical power equal to 1000 volt-amperes)
